kitaycheg Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Download Ana Pauker: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Communist Book in PDF Format. Too Many Books Available in Our Site. From Publishers Weekly Virtually unknown internationally today, Pauker appeared on a 1948 Time cover, described inside as "the most powerful woman alive." In Romania, she's remembered as a dogmatic, fanatically subservient Stalinist, emblematic of the terror and repression of the 1947-1952 period in which she served as foreign minister and more briefly as de facto behind-the-scenes leader. Levy easily refutes this image, since Pauker was purged on Stalin's urging precisely for being too soft. What's more difficult is to discover who she really was. Levy concisely describes the recurrent, historically precarious position of European Jews as social pioneers eventually viciou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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